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THE DEADLY nerve agents known as “Novichok, ” or “the new guy,” were developed in the final years of the Cold War. They are binary weapons in which two compounds become toxic when combined. Now it is imperative to get a detailed accounting of how ...

As Russian President Vladimir Putin secured reelection for the fourth time on Sunday, tensions between his state and UK officials continue to mount, with British Foreign Secretary Boris Johnson accusing Putin’s regime of stockpiling banned chemical ...

Former British ambassador Craig Murray scoffed at the notion that anyone could believe the UK’s argument that Russia poisoned ex-spy Sergei Skripal and his daughter. The diplomat turned blogger talked to RT on Monday. The former ambassador to Uzbekistan ...

According to a report by NBC News, Britain's foreign minister claimed that there is evidence that Russia has been stockpiling a nerve agent in violation of international law, and a Russian envoy suggested that the deadly toxin used in an attempt to ...

On Monday March 19, EU foreign affairs ministers approved a strongly-worded resolution regarding the attack on British soil using the Novichok nerve agent, with Slovakia publicly refuting Russia’s intimations that the agent could have originated from our ...

British officials continue to point the blame at Russia for poisoning former military intelligence officer Sergei Skripal and his daughter earlier this month, but a Russian representative said the “Novichok” nerve agent used was developed in the West.

The Russian scientist who originally helped develop the nerve agent believed to have been used in the poisoning of a Russian double agent in Britain said other countries could have also produced test samples of the substance. But in an interview with ...

A Russian scientist who helped developed Novichok says no other country could have used that particular nerve agent to poison an ex-spy. Vil Mirzayanov, who worked on the chemical weapon in the then-Soviet Union, said production of the Novichok type of ...

Speaking today, the United Kingdom's Prime Minister Theresa May identified the poison used in an attack on a former Russian spy and his daughter as a type of “military grade” nerve agent developed by Russia known as "Novichok." Novichok — which means ...

As London escalates tensions with Russia, accusing Moscow of poisoning former British spy Sergei Skripal with “novichok” in Salisbury on March 4, questions are mounting in diplomatic and scientific circles over the British government’s account.